Whip.



T. W. REED.

WHIP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1911.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

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THOMAS W. REED, OF OSBORN, OHIO.

WHIP.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

Application filed February 23, 1911. Serial No. 610,197.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Osborn, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whips, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to whips and more particularly to the long tapered whips commonly known as buggy whips. The better class of these whips are provided at the handle end with a load to properly balance the same.

The object of the present invention is to provide means for securing such a load to the body portion of the whip in a manner which will be at once strong and durable, inexpensive to manufacture and will enable the parts of the whip to be readily assembled, thereby enabling a strong, well balanced whip to be manufactured at a very low cost.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for securing a tapered load to the body portion of the whip, thus reducing the amount of wrapping necessary to impart the desired shape to the whip and further reducing the cost of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal, sectional view, partly in elevation, of the handle portion of a whip embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, sectional view of the load, a portion of the handle and the connecting means; Fig. 3 is a transverse, sectional view, taken on the line a a of Fig. l and looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 1 is a transverse, sectional view, taken on the line b I) of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal, sectional view of a whip embodying the invention in a slightly modified form.

In these drawings I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention and, in Figs. 1 to 4:, I have shown the same as applied to a whip comprising a body portion 1, which may be of ratan, raw-hide or any suitable material, and having arranged in alinement with the body portion a load 2. Preferably, the load is provided with a recess or socket 3 in that end adjacent to the body portion and the corresponding end of the body portion is reduced, as indicated at 4:, to enter the socket, thus maintaining the parts in alinement. Extending about the adjacent portions of the load and the body portion is a tube 5, preferably of sheet metal. This tube fits snugly about the two parts of the whip, and, when in position thereon, serves to form a rigid connection between the two parts and further to form a smooth uniform surface upon which the wrapping may be applied.

In assembling the parts of the whip I preferably coat the load and the adjacent portion of the body portion of the whip with glue, and, when they have been slipped into the tube 5, the glue will firmly unite them to the tube, thereby making a very firm, durableconnection. The tube may be formed in any suitable manner but preferably is rolled out of sheet metal, such as tin, and, when so formed, can be produced at a very low cost.

While the tube preferably extends for the full length of the load and for a considerable distance beyond the adjacent portion of the body portion of the whip its length may, of course, be varied. Preferably, the load has a socket in its lower end, as indicated at 6, to receive a tip 7 which may be formed of raw hide. In that form of the device here shown the load 2 is divided along a central longitudinal line, as indicated at 8, and the two parts united when assembled in the tube. When the several parts have been assembled, as above described, the casing or tube 5 is wrapped with strips of paper, fabric or other similar material, as indicated at 9, the wrapping at the loaded end of the whip being greater than that along the body portion, thus imparting a taper to the whip. The whole of the whip is then inclosed in a suitable woven casing, as indicated at 10. It will be obvious that such a construction enables the whip to be manufactured at a very low cost. The cost of the materials themselves is low, both the load and the tube being capable of being manufactured at a low cost and the simplicity of the device and the ease with which it is assembled enables the whip to be built with a small amount of labor, thereby materially reducing the whole manufacturing cost.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a slightly modified form of the invention. As here shown the load 11 is tapered and the sleeve, as indicated at 12, is tapered for a portion of its which will be of a strong, durable character and will have a good appearance.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

, 1. In a whip, the combination, with a body portion, and a load arranged in alinement with and forming a continuation of the body portion, of one of said parts having a socket in the end thereof and the other of said parts having a portion extending into said socket, of a tube extending about the adjacent ends of said parts to connect them together.

2. In a whip, the combination, with a body portion, and a two part load arranged in alinement with and forming a continuation of said body portion, of a tube surrounding said load to secure together the two parts thereof and extending beyond the end of said load to receive the adjacent end of said body portion and connect said load thereto.

"3. In a whip, the combination, with a 7 body portion, and a load arranged in alinement with and forming a continuation of said body portion, of a tube extending about the adjacent ends of said parts and connecting them together, a wrapping wound about Copies of this patent may be obtained for said sleeve, and a woven casing inclosing sald wrapping.

4:. In a whip, the combination, with a body portion, and a tapered load arranged in alinement with and forming a continuation of said body portion, of a tube tapered for a portion of its length to receive said load and extending beyond the end of said load to receive the adjacent end of said body portion only.

i 5; In a whip, the combination, with a body having a reduced end portion, and a load comprising two parallel parts arranged in alinement with and forming a continuation of said body, the two parts of said load having recesses in the inner faces of those ends adjacent to said body, said recesses forming a socket to receive the reduced end portion of said body, of a tube surrounding said load to secure together the two parts thereof and extending beyond the end of said load to inclose the adjacent end of said body portion and connect the load thereto.

6. In a whip, the combination, with a body having a reduced end portion and a load comprising two parallel parts arranged in alinement with and forming a continuation of said body, the two parts of said load havingrecesses in their inner faces at both ends thereof, said recesses forming sockets, one of which receives the reduced end of said body, and a tip mounted in the other of said sockets, of a tube surrounding said load to secure together the t-wo'parts thereof and extending beyond the end of the load to receive the adjacent end of said body and connect said load thereto.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' THOMAS W. REED.

Witnesses:

O. C. JAoKsoN, O. P. MITMAN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

